I like to start my lessons with a short activity to get my students focused. Sometimes I like to include a short assessment at the end. I have used these quizzes and activities successfully both in class using a paper copy handout and as a computer-graded online quiz with Grades 9-12 (GCSE and A-Lev

For learning centers or direct instruction, this unit is designed to familiarize students with the basics of dinosaurs. Students read and answer questions or mark the text in response to directions. The unit includes:- teacher directions- one page of terms and practice using the terms in context;-

This set of engaging and hands on activities was designed to immerse students in our prehistoric past! Aligned to the new Learning Standards in Social Studies, students will identify 14 key terms, engage in over 10 different vocabulary practice activities, construct an “edible” excavation site, crea

Introduce your students to an early advanced Mesoamerican civilization with a video visit to Teotihuacan just outside of Mexico City. There are a variety of activities, some interactive, a video with discussion questions, charts to fill in, word find game, resources, test, and answer keys.

This is a good assessment for a student's application of the types of rocks and how they are formed, the analysis of various mineral properties, and natural resources found on Earth.
The questions are mostly higher level critical thinking questions, which can also be used as a summative review, or

National Geographic: King Tut's Final Secrets follows a group of scientists as they use artifacts and technology in order to reconstruct the history of the supposed curse that haunts the tomb of the famous king, bringing untimely death to those who disturb the sacred resting place ~Perry Seibert, Al

An exciting and culturally enlightening set of activities to show students via a video how difficult it was to translate the ancient hieroglyphics. Students get to make their own cartouche and translate a teacher-generated message in hieroglyphics. Various activies and answer keys.

I have used these teaching and testing resources (printable and online) successfully for several years.
Archaeology students need to be familiar with a range of terms to help with their discussion and interpretation of the evidence from a ritual and religion perspective.
Ideally, terminology shoul